Netizens took a look back to their favorite K-Pop debuts and selected their favorite debut tracks. Did your favorite make it to the list?
1. "LATATA" - (G)I-DLE
"LATATA" was released in 2018 and was written and produced by member Soyeon. It peaked at number eight on the Gaon Download Chart and at number six on the Gaon Digital Chart. It charted at number 4 on the Gaon Social Chart. In the west, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard World Digital Charts. The song earned the group their first music show win within days of their debut.
2."La Vie En Rose"- IZ*ONE
"La Vie En Rose" was released in 2018. Upon debut, the song charted at number one in three of South Korea's major music charts, as well as the iTunes K-Pop Singles Chart. It debuted at number six in the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. The song won them three music show wins.
3. "Bad Girl, Good Girl" - Miss A
"Bad Girl Good Girl" was released in 2010. Upon debut, it was an instant hit, topping the Gaon Digital Chart. The song went on to win numerous year-end awards, including Song of the Year at the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
4. "Like OOH-AHH" - TWICE
"Like OOH-AHH" was released in 2015. It initially charted at number 22 on the Gaon Digital Chart but then peaked at number ten, three months after its release. It had also charted in the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. Though it didn't get any music show win, it remains iconic with fans as they see TWICE's growth in music.
5. "DALLA DALLA" - ITZY
"DALLA DALLA" was released in 2019. It was an instant success, peaking at number two on both the Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. It is the first K-Pop debut song to be certified platinum by the Korea Music Content Association for surpassing 100 million streams on the Gaon Digital Chart. The girl group also had the highest number of views for a K-pop debut music video at the time of its release, with 17.1 million views in 24 hours.
6. "ADORE U" - SEVENTEEN
"ADORE U" was released in 2015. The album the song came from, "17 Carat" is the longest-charting K-pop album in the United States for that year. Though it didn't chart too high and didn't win the boys any music show, the song is well-loved by netizens who have watched SEVENTEEN grown from their cute concepts to their matured concepts.
7. "CROWN" - TXT
"CROWN" was released in 2019. Upon debut, the song charted at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart and Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. The album the song came from debuted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart. Just a week after TXT debuted, they won their first-ever music show win. The song broke the record for the most viewed K-Pop debut music video within 24 hours for a boy group, as well as the most liked K-Pop debut music video.
8. "Energetic" - Wanna One
"Energetic". The song was chosen by Billboard as the Best K-Pop song of the year, thanks to its dynamic electro-pop influences and for bouncing between rhythms with ease, noting the "tempo shifts which seamlessly energize the momentum of the song". Additionally, it was also selected as one of the 20 best K-pop songs of the year by Dazed Digital.
9. "Happiness" - Red Velvet
"Happiness" was released in 2014. Upon its debut, the song became one of the group's most well-known songs and is even part of their introduction as a group ("Happiness! Hello, we're Red Velvet!"). The song charted in the top five of the Gaon Digital Chart and the Billboard's World Digital Songs chart.s
